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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 178
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Representatives Cole, Ebersole, Allen, Todd, H. Sommers, Peery, Madsen, Rust, Rasmussen, P. King, Holm, Niemi, Jacobsen, Nelson, Belcher, Wang, Unsoeld, Brekke and Winsley
Read first time 1/20/87 and referred to Committee on Education. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means 2/27/87.
AN ACT Relating to analysis of school district jobs and pay equity; creating new sections; making an appropriation; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature believes that it is in the best public interest for public jurisdictions to engage in equal employment practices in the compensation of public sector employees. School districts comprise a major portion of the public jurisdictions in the state and need information and assistance in evaluating school district compensation practices for noncertificated employees for pay equity. To address these needs, the Washington state legislature hereby creates the school district pay equity and job analysis assessment project.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section shall apply throughout this act.
(1) "Job content analysis" means the study of the duties and responsibilities considered part of an assignment.
(2) "Pay equity" means providing equivalent salaries for noncertificated positions that require or impose similar responsibilities, judgments, knowledge, skills, and working conditions.
(3) "School district" means a body corporate as defined in RCW 28A.58.010.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The goals of the school district pay equity and job analysis assessment project shall be to:
(1) Increase the knowledge of school districts regarding the theory and application of pay equity in compensation practices for noncertificated employees;
(2) Assist school districts in assessing pay equity in their compensation practices for noncertificated employees;
(3) Analyze job content; and
(4) Retain recognition of school districts as autonomous employers responsible for establishing their own compensation practices.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide technical assistance to school districts in evaluating pay equity in compensation practices for noncertificated employees and in performing job content analyses through the following activities:
(1) Developing and distributing a manual which shall include the questionnaires and forms to be used by school districts in assessing their compensation practices and job content analysis;
(2) Developing and implementing a training program to provide school districts with information regarding the definition of pay equity, legal issues relating to pay equity, and methods of assessing pay equity; and
(3) Providing technical statistical assistance to school districts in computing pay equity in district compensation practices as requested by the district.
School district participation in the school district pay equity and job content analysis assessment project shall include bargaining representative participation.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. All school districts shall assess their compensation practices and perform job content analysis on all of their noncertificated employees. The school districts shall report the results of their evaluations to the superintendent of public instruction not later than August 1, 1990. The superintendent of public instruction shall compile the school districts' reports, analyze the reports, and report the findings to the legislature by December 15, 1990.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. The sum of thirty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1989, from the general fund to the office of the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes of this act.